That Vegan Teacher Explained

Kadie Karen Diekmeyer
Other Names:
  • Miss Kadie
  • Miss Karen
  • Vegan Teacher Karen
Birth Date:24 September 1964
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma Mater:Concordia University
Years Active:2018–present
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    Children:3[1]
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    Silver Year:2021
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    Kadie Karen Diekmeyer (born September 24, 1964), popularly known as That Vegan Teacher, is a Canadian animal rights activist, internet personality and former educator, mainly known for promoting veganism. Before she started her online career, Diekmeyer was a nurse and later an ESL teacher but eventually left the latter job at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Diekmeyer is known for her TikTok and YouTube accounts that promote veganism. Some of Diekmeyer's content has been controversial, and has prompted accusations of racism and homophobia.

    Early life

    Diekmeyer was born on September 24, 1964, in Montreal,[2] and is of German and Swiss descent.[3] Diekmeyer worked as a registered nurse at the Lakeshore General Hospital for 25 years, and attended Concordia University to become an ESL teacher in French Canadian schools for nine years. She worked both jobs before dropping her nursing career to work full time in the school system and eventually leaving her job at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] [5]

    Career

    In 1995, Diekmeyer composed the nationalistic English-French folk song "Imaginez un Pays/Imagine a Country" and performed at the Unity Rally at the Place du Canada. She spoke of her anxiety before her public performance, which she had never done before, and got help from her friends and relatives to write the French lyrics. Cheryl Cornacchia of the Montreal Gazette called her "one of the dozens of do-it-yourself artists making a place for themselves in Montreal".[6] In 1998, Diekmeyer self-released 500 copies of her debut studio album, "Some Things Can't Wait," and by 1999, Diekmeyer had written 47 songs, mainly about life and women's empowerment.

    Diekmeyer is known for her TikTok and YouTube career of promoting veganism.[7] She went viral on TikTok for a song called, "Eating Animals is Wrong, McDonald's", in July 2020.[8] Some of Diekmeyer's content has been characterized as racist and homophobic,[9] [10] including the repurposing of the slogan of "I can't breathe" for a song expressing opposition to animal agriculture, as well as arguing that coming out as LGBT is a selfish act as opposed to doing so as vegan. Diekmeyer has also drawn criticism for comparing the animal agriculture industry to the Holocaust.[11] In September 2020, she was criticized for saying she would no longer sign her organ donor card, "not [wanting] to donate [her] organs to meat eaters after [she] dies".[12] [13]

    In March 2021, she made a YouTube video, titled "Are You Racist?", in which she spelled out the word "nigger" in an acrostic poem and encouraged people to "ban cruelty instead of words."[14] Another controversy arose in result of Diekmeyer's comment on a 2021 TikTok video by gaming YouTuber TommyInnit, where he talked about his YouTube Play Button, joking about showing it to girls. Using TikTok's stitch function, she responded, "Tommy! The nice vegan girls don't want to see your buttons, but if you want them to play with your buttons, you're going to have to show them your fruits and your vegetables," while taking out a cucumber, pear, and apple. This sexual joke enraged people online, owing to TommyInnit's age, then 16. Diekmeyer defended herself, claiming she "had no idea who he was," and that [at his age], he was considered a "college-age student" in Canada.[15] Later that year, she was IP banned from TikTok after being mass-reported for breaching community guidelines, though the exact cause was not specified. Diekmeyer posted a video on her YouTube page, promising to not give up on her platform.[16] She has made more TikTok accounts but most of them have been banned.[17]

    Personal life and views

    Diekmeyer speaks English and French. She condemns what she considers to be vegaphobia.[18] Her open letter, "Dog persuaded them to give up meat", censuring cruelty to animals, was published in the Montreal Gazette in 2004.[19] She has three children with her first husband.[20]

    She has also voiced negative views on circumcision, calling it child abuse.

    Discography

    Albums

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    See also

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Do-it-yourself Artists . The Gazette (Montreal) . 2 May 2024 . 15 February 1999.
    2. Finally! After 9 1/2 Years! . 5 December 2021 . Diekmeyer . Kadie Karen . video . YouTube . 17 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212223506/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZYy9nQH9D8 . December 12, 2021 . bot: unknown.
    3. Ep.2 - Ethan Trace is a Disgrace. . 2 March 2021 . . Diekmeyer . Kadie Karen . 17 February 2022 . video . https://web.archive.org/web/20220217073245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBszk3hVHpA&t . February 17, 2022 . bot: unknown .
    4. @Mic the Vegan vs @SSSniperWolf. 10 September 2021. Diekmeyer. Kadie Karen . 11 September 2021 . video . YouTube.
    5. News: Who Is the Infamous Vegan Teacher TikToker Behind Gordon Ramsay's Video? . Williams . Janice . 22 January 2021 . Newsweek . 14 April 2022 . March 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050609/https://www.newsweek.com/who-infamous-vegan-teacher-tiktoker-behind-gordon-ramseys-video-1563834 . live .
    6. News: Do-it-yourself artists . 15 February 1999 . Montreal Gazette . 57 . Cornacchia . Cheryl . 12 April 2022 . https://archive.today/20220412085150/https://archive.org/details/the-gazette-mon-feb-15-1999/mode/1up . April 12, 2022 . live .
    7. News: Opinion: The Vegan Teacher Controversy . Lee . Bryan . 5 February 2021 . The Jag Journal . 14 April 2022 . May 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506034440/https://segerstromjagjournal.com/1603/op-ed/opinion/opinion-the-vegan-teacher-controversy/ . live .
    8. Web site: Asarch. Steven. A TikTok animal rights activist was banned from the app days after making a sexual joke about a 16-year-old YouTuber. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050600/https://www.insider.com/that-vegan-teacher-banned-tiktok-going-to-stop-2021-2. 19 March 2021. 25 February 2021. Insider. 24 February 2021.
    9. Web site: Kiley. Rachel. 23 February 2021. TikTok bans That Vegan Teacher after homophobic, racist videos. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050631/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/that-vegan-teacher-banned-tiktok/. 19 March 2021. 25 February 2021. The Daily Dot.
    10. Web site: Kiley. Rachel. 26 January 2021. Popular TikTok vegan co-opts 'I can't breathe' to protest animal cruelty. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050603/https://www.dailydot.com/irl/that-vegan-teacher-racism-homophobia/. 19 March 2021. 3 March 2021. The Daily Dot.
    11. News: Opinion: That Vegan Teacher's Swan Song . 30 September 2021 . The Cougar Press . Muñoz . Rowan . 12 April 2022 . April 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220412123536/https://thecougarpress.org/10638/opinion/opinion-that-vegan-teachers-swan-song/ . live .
    12. Web site: Digital Staff. 14 September 2020. Vegan activist blasted for saying she would not donate organs to meat eaters. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050602/https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/vegan-activist-blasted-for-saying-she-would-not-donate-organs-to-meat-eaters-c-1315745. 19 March 2021. 5 March 2021. Sunrise. 7NEWS.
    13. Web site: Chiorando. Maria. 14 September 2020. Vegan TikTok Star Blasted For Refusing To Donate Organs To Meat Eaters. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050630/https://plantbasednews.org/opinion/vegan-tiktok-star-blasted-refusing-donate-organs-meat-eaters/. 19 March 2021. 5 March 2021. Plant Based News.
    14. Web site: Bonfiglio. Nahila. 4 March 2021. That Vegan Teacher spells out N-word in video urging people to 'ban cruelty, not words'. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050604/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/that-vegan-teacher-n-word-video/. 19 March 2021. 8 March 2021. The Daily Dot.
    15. Web site: Puhak. Janine. 24 February 2021. 'That Vegan Teacher' says TikTok ban won't silence her following petition, controversies. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050604/https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/vegan-teacher-tiktok-ban-petition-controversey. 19 March 2021. 25 February 2021. Fox News.
    16. News: That Vegan Teacher Has Been Banned From TikTok . Song . Sandra . . 14 April 2022 . 24 February 2021 . April 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414041825/https://www.papermag.com/that-vegan-teacher-tiktok-ban-2650731084.html?rebelltitem=11#rebelltitem11 . live .
    17. Web site: That Vegan Teacher created a new TikTok account—but it's already gone . 9 March 2021 . The Daily Dot . Schroeder . Audra . 14 April 2022 . April 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220414044020/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/that-vegan-teacher-banned-again-on-tiktok/ . live .
    18. Web site: Who Is That Vegan Teacher? Why Did TikTok Ban Her? . Giliver . Liam . 24 February 2021 . Plant Based News . 12 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126121539/https://plantbasednews.org/news/social-media/who-is-that-vegan-teacher-and-why-is-she-going-viral-on-tiktok/ . January 26, 2021 . live .
    19. News: So what does rover eat? . 18 September 2004 . Montreal Gazette . 12 April 2022 . Castravelli . Chris .
    20. News: Songstress spreads unity . . Carroll . Ann . 24 October 1996 . 111 . April 12, 2022 . April 12, 2022 . https://archive.today/20220412085849/https://archive.org/details/the-gazette-thu-oct-24-1996/mode/1up . live .
    21. Web site: Karen Hobson - "Some Things Can't Wait" (1998, CD) . https://web.archive.org/web/20240601225006/https://www.discogs.com/release/27822993-Karen-Hobson-Some-Things-Cant-Wait . 2024-06-01 . 2024-06-01 . Discogs.

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